Zayn shares live performance of new single “Alienated”

In a teaser video, Malik said that “Alienated” was the first track written for the new album. “That kind of helped me mold and shape the sound even for like, the way I wanted to approach the sound of my own voice and sonic sound of everything else, like the guitars. I don’t even know what to call it genre-wise, because I don’t want to say country, because I don’t think it’s country. I think it’s like, my version of, like blues.”

Room Under the Stairs has been revealed to feature 15 tracks, including “Alienated” and first single “What I Am.” It arrives May 17.